Portable wardrobe.



A. S. LAWTON. PORTABLE WARDROBE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 15, 1912.

1 ,1%1,46, Patented June I, 1915.

ANDREW S. LAWTON, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PORTABLE WARDROBE.

memes.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1%15.

Application filed July 15, 1912. Serial No. 709,555.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW S. LAWTON, citizen of the United States,residing at Brockton, in the county of Plymouth and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPortable llVardrobes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable wardrobes, and has as its object toprovide a wardrobe which may be readily carried from place to place;which may be folded to compact form when not in use; and, which may bereadily set up in the corner of any room and will occupy but littlespace although arranged to contain a number of garments.

It is one aim of the present invention to provide a wardrobe of thistype constructed to effectually protect the garments hung therein, fromdust.

The invention further aims to provide a portable wardrobe which, whileit is adapted to be folded to compact form when not in use, and also tocontain a maximum number of garments when setup, can be inexpensivelymanufactured and is extremely simple in its construction. V

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the portable wardrobeembodying the present invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof,parts being broken away; Fig. 3 is a group perspective view of a portionof the upper end of the wardrobe, the parts being disassembled; Fig. 4is a perspective view of a portion of the top of the wardrobe.

The wardrobe embodying the present invention is of skeletonconstruction, it being closed at its top by a flexible covering and atits front by draped curtains. The wardrobe includes, essentially, anupright which is indicated in the drawings by the numeral 1 and ispreferably in the form of a wooden post which may be either rectangularin cross section or triangular, so as to fit the corner between thewalls against which it is disposed. Hinged, as at 2, at the upper end ofthe post 1 are the side bars 3 of the top frame of the wardrobe, thesebars being also preferably of wood and having their forward endsbeveled, as at l. Pins 5 and 6 project upwardly from the upper end ofthe post 1 and side bars 3 respectively.

The top of the wardrobe consists of a flexible covering 7 which istriangular in form and corresponds to the dimensions of the frame of thetop. The cloth covering 7 is provided adjacent each corner with aneyelet 8, and in applying the cover to the frame, these eyelets areengaged with the pins 5 and 6, the cover being stretched taut at thetime of said engagement.

In addition to the upright 1, the wardrobe includes other uprights 9which are secured at their upper ends one to the forward end of each ofthe side bars 3 at the top of the frame, and those uprights 9 are spacedwith relation to the upright 1 by means of arms 10 and 11 which arehingedly connected, as at 12 and 13'respectively, to the upright 1, thearms 10 being located above the arms 11 and preferably adjacent the sidebars 3 of the top frame. In order that garments may be hung within thewardrobe, a number of garment supporting hooks 1 1 are secured upon theinner sides of the arms 10, and if found necessary or desirable similarbooks may be arranged upon the arms 11 and upon the side bars 3. Also,if desired. one or more hooks may be arranged upon the upright 1.

As before stated, the front of the wardrobe is closed by means of drapedcurtains, and these curtains are draped from a curtain rod which extendsin front of the said top frame. This curtain rod is indicated by thenumeral 15, and at each end is formed with an opening 16 arranged toreceive the bill of a hook 17 upon the forward end of the adjacent orcorresponding side bar 3. Curtain rings 18 are provided upon the curtainrod 15 and curtains 19 are draped from the rings and may be drawn acrossthe front of the wardrobe or draped to one side when it is desired tohave garments hung therewithin.

From the foregoing, it will be apparent that by removing the curtain rod15 and the covering 7, the remainder of the structure may be folded orcollapsed to occupy but little space, and it will further be apparentthat this front cross bar, the curtain, and the supporting poletherefor, as well as the cloth covering may be arranged between the arms10 and 11 when the device is folded. It will also be understood that thewardrobe is to be set up in the corner of a room and will consequentlyoccupy a minimum space although it will hold a maximum number ofgarments. The edges of the top covering are tacked as at 20 to the upperedges of the side bars 3.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is: v

A portable Wardrobe including a foldable substantially triangularskeleton frame comprising a central upright adapted to be positioned inthe corner of a room at the junc-' tion of the adjacent side Wallsthereof, upper side arms having their inner ends beveled and pivotallyconnected to the adjacent longitudinal edges of the central upright andtheir ,outer faces bearing directly against the adjacent side Walls ofthe room, lower side arms pivotally connected With the longitudinaledges of the central upright and also bearing against the adjacent sideWalls of the room, forward uprights connecting the outer ends of theupper and lower side arms, intermediate hook carrying side arms havingtheir inner ends pivotally connected with the adjacent longitudinaledges of the central upright and their outer ends secured to the forwarduprights, means arranged upon the upper longitudinal edges of the upperside arms and disposed to-operatively supporta' cover, and meansarranged upon the outer ends of the upper side arms for supporting acurtain pole.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

- ANDREW s. LAWTON. Lg 3.1

Witnesses: r r

STEWART B. MoLEon, A-NNABEL C; LYNoH.

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